Gulang County
County in Gansu, China
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Gulang County (Chinese: 古浪县; pinyin: Gǔlàng Xiàn) is a county in central Gansu province, China, bordering Inner Mongolia to the northeast. It is under the administration of Wuwei City. Its postal code is 733100, and its population in 2006 was 393,200 people. Located in the east of the Hexi Corridor and to the south of the Tengger Desert, it borders Jingtai County to the east, Tianzhu County to the south, Liangzhou District to the northwest, and Inner Mongolia's Alxa Left Banner to the northeast.[1]
Gulang County
古浪县 | |
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View of the Gulang County seat from the Lanzhou–Xinjiang railway | |
.png) Location of Gulang County (red) in Wuwei City (yellow) and Gansu province | |
  Gulang Location of the seat in Gansu | |
| Coordinates: 37°28′12″N 102°53′53″E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Gansu |
| Prefecture-level city | Wuwei |
| County seat | Gulang Town |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,103 km2 (1,970 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 3,469 m (11,381 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 1,550 m (5,090 ft) |
| Population (2018) | |
• Total | 388,700 |
| • Density | 76.17/km2 (197.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 733100 |
| Website | www |
Geography
The county has a total area of 5,103 km2 (1,970 sq mi)[1] and is 88 km (55 mi) wide. It features a cold desert climate, with an annual mean temperature of 5.6 °C (42.1 °F) and the annual evaporation of 2,300 mm (91 in) exceeding the annual precipitation of around 300 mm (12 in); annual sunshine duration is 2,852 hours.[1]
Climate
| Climate data for Gulang, elevation 2,072 m (6,798 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 14.6 (58.3) |
22.5 (72.5) |
24.3 (75.7) |
28.6 (83.5) |
29.9 (85.8) |
30.7 (87.3) |
35.0 (95.0) |
32.1 (89.8) |
29.7 (85.5) |
25.3 (77.5) |
20.6 (69.1) |
17.2 (63.0) |
35.0 (95.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −1.7 (28.9) |
1.8 (35.2) |
7.4 (45.3) |
14.2 (57.6) |
18.9 (66.0) |
23.0 (73.4) |
25.1 (77.2) |
23.6 (74.5) |
18.4 (65.1) |
12.3 (54.1) |
6.0 (42.8) |
0.4 (32.7) |
12.5 (54.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −8.0 (17.6) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
1.3 (34.3) |
7.9 (46.2) |
12.9 (55.2) |
17.2 (63.0) |
19.1 (66.4) |
17.7 (63.9) |
12.8 (55.0) |
6.4 (43.5) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
6.4 (43.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −12.3 (9.9) |
−9.1 (15.6) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
2.5 (36.5) |
7.3 (45.1) |
11.8 (53.2) |
13.8 (56.8) |
12.9 (55.2) |
8.5 (47.3) |
2.3 (36.1) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
−10.4 (13.3) |
1.6 (34.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −25.0 (−13.0) |
−21.7 (−7.1) |
−19.9 (−3.8) |
−14.1 (6.6) |
−7.3 (18.9) |
0.6 (33.1) |
5.4 (41.7) |
4.0 (39.2) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
−20.2 (−4.4) |
−22.2 (−8.0) |
−29.0 (−20.2) |
−29.0 (−20.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 4.0 (0.16) |
5.6 (0.22) |
16.1 (0.63) |
27.3 (1.07) |
41.6 (1.64) |
48.0 (1.89) |
61.3 (2.41) |
69.1 (2.72) |
56.2 (2.21) |
22.8 (0.90) |
8.7 (0.34) |
3.7 (0.15) |
364.4 (14.34) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.9 | 4.6 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 9.4 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 12.0 | 12.2 | 7.4 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 92.5 |
| Average snowy days | 6.9 | 6.7 | 8.8 | 5.3 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 4.2 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 46.7 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 46 | 44 | 45 | 44 | 46 | 49 | 56 | 59 | 62 | 56 | 48 | 47 | 50 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 202.9 | 204.7 | 229.4 | 232.0 | 252.9 | 239.6 | 240.8 | 226.0 | 193.9 | 217.4 | 214.3 | 204.7 | 2,658.6 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 66 | 66 | 61 | 58 | 57 | 55 | 54 | 54 | 53 | 63 | 71 | 69 | 61 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3] | |||||||||||||
History
Administrative divisions
Gulang County is divided to 15 towns and 4 townships.[5]
- Towns
- Gulang (古浪镇)
- Sishui (泗水镇)
- Tumen (土门镇)
- Dajing (大靖镇)
- Peijiaying (裴家营镇)
- Haizitan (海子滩镇)
- Dingning (定宁镇)
- Huangyangchuan (黄羊川镇)
- Heisongyi (黑松驿镇)
- Yongfengtan (永丰滩镇)
- Huanghuatan (黄花滩镇)
- Xijing (西靖镇)
- Minquan (民权镇)
- Zhitan (直滩镇)
- Gufeng (古丰镇)
- Townships
- Xinpu Township (新堡乡)
- Gancheng Township (干城乡)
- Hengliang Township (横梁乡)
- Shibalipu Township (十八里堡乡)
Economy
The main economy is agriculture, with 365600 people being employed in agriculture (92.98% of total population).
